492 LXXXVII. PRiMULACEJ). (J. D. Hooker.) [Primula. 



31. P. Elwesiana, King in Herb. Calc. ; not mealy, leaves 2-3 in. ob- 

 lanceolate subacute quite entire glabrescent coriaceous, nerves obscure, scape 

 and solitary inclined very large purple flower softly pubescent, bract 0, calyx 

 short 5-partite, segments ovate-lanceolate, corolla-tube funnel-shaped f in. long, 

 lobes obovate-oblong crenate spreading and recurved. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. about 12,000 ft., King. 



Rootstock very stout, with broad fleshy leafy scales. Leaves narrowed into a 

 broadly winged puberulous petiole. Scape 6-7 in., stout. Flower 1 in. long and 

 wide, dark purple. Calyx in. long. Corolla pubescent all over. Stamens linear, 

 on the mouth of the tube. Ovary very small, conical, acute ; style filiform, stigma 

 minute truncate. A very remarkable and beautiful species. 



32. P. tenella, King in Herb. Calc. ; leaves small ( in.) petioled obovate 

 or trapeziform toothed above the middle mealy, scape filiform and large solitary 

 erect bluish- white flower glabrous, bract very small, calyx 5-cleft to the middle, 

 lobes obtuse, corolla-tube long slender, throat broadly funnel-shaped, lobes 5 

 very broadly and deeply obcordate. 



E. TIBBT; Chumbi valley, between Sikkim and Bhutan, at Phari, alt. about 

 13,000 ft., King. 



Whole plant 2-2 in. high, glabrous. Rootstock stout. Leaves many, mealy all 

 over, especially beneath, subacute, cuneate and entire below the middle. Scape very 

 slender; bract close to and shorter than the calyx. Corolla-tube ^ in., limb f in. 

 diam. Stamens near the base of the tube. Stigma included, large, peltately capitate. 



ft Mouth of salver-shaped corolla densely woolly. 



33. P. pusilla, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 22 ; Cat. 

 609 ; Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 32 ; densely tufted, hoary, leaves -1 in. spathulate or 

 oblanceolate pinnatifidly toothed, scape very slender 1-4-fld., bracts few lanceo- 

 late, flowers sessile, calyx hoary, tube short terete, lobes oblong obtuse or acute 

 equalling the funnel-shaped corolla-tube, corolla-lobes longer than the tube, 

 lobules spreading, capsule included. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 42 ; Mem. 

 Prim. t. 1, f. 2. P. humilis, Steudel Nomencl. ed. ii. 395. Androsace primu- 

 loides, Don Pi-odr. 81. A. primulina, Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. 56. 



CENTRAL and EASTEBN HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 13-16,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., &c. 



Leaves in dense rosettes, 1-2 in. diam., petioled, margins and teeth recurved, hoary 

 above ; bracts sometimes leafy and toothed, glandular as is the calyx and corolla- 

 tube. Scape 2-3 in. Corolla - in. diam. ; lobules oblong, spreading. 



ttt Corolla broadly funnel-shaped or subcampanulate, mouth glabrous. 



34. P. sapphirina, Hook. f. $ T. Herb. Ind. Or. Prim. 32 ; very 

 small, glabrous or hoary, leaves -| in. obovate-spathulate obtuse pinnatifidly 



toothed, scape filiform 1-4-fld., bracts ovate-oblong, flowers sessile nodding, 

 catyx-tube short terete equalling the obtuse lobes, corolla hoary, lobes very 

 short 2-fid, capsule included. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 13-15,000 ft, J. D. #"., &c. 



Rosettes J- in. diam. Leaves with scattered white hairs above. Scape 1-2 in. 

 Corolla % in. diam., bright or pale blue. 



35. P. uniflora, Klatt m Linncea xxxvii. 500 ; not mealy, leaves petioled 

 in. orbicular or broadly ovate pinnatifidly crenate, scape very slender 1-2-fld., 

 bracts very minute, flowers sessile very large nodding, calyx 5-partite segments 

 quadrate, corolla broadly funnel-shaped, lobes shallow coarsely toothed. 



